Record analyzing mechanism



I July 4, 1933. R PARIS 7 1,916,232

RECORD ANALYZ ING MECHANI SM Filed July 24. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f gum/4km a A WW Patented July 4-, 193 3 S H TES PATENT FFEE EGBEET E. PARIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECORD ANALYZING MECHANISM Application filed July 24, 19.29. Serial No. 380,687.

This invention relates to improvements in brush therethrough, whereby sorting and record sensing means for card controlled actabulating has been elfectedp There has also counting machines and the like, and one obbeen suggested a means for producing imperject of the invention is to provide sensing forate records by depositing electric conduct- 5 means for sensing from minute punctures ing material in spots on the surface of the representing data on the record sheet. record material and then using ajpair of Other objects will appear from the folcontacts for translating purposes. he preslowing description and the appended claims. ent invention differs from both of these An illustrative example of a mechanism for methods of producing the record by making carrying the invention into effect is shown minute punctures or perforations through a 60 in the accompanying drawings, in which: record sheet to indicate the data, and then Fig. I is a fragmentary vertical sectional passing an electric discharge through these view of a tabulator provided with elements punctures for effecting translation and utiof the invention. lization of the records. The minute punc- Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section taken tures may be made in various ways, as by an on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. electric discharge or a needle prick.

Fig. 3 is adetail section on line 33 of In the drawings, I have shown my inven- Fig. 2. tion in a machine having many character- Fig. 4 is a detail section on line l-l of istics of what is known on the market as the 20 Fig. 2. Powers tabulator. This is, however, merely 70 Fig. 5 is a wiring diagram for the tabuby way of illustration, and not essential, as

lator. 7 the principles involved are susceptible of Like characters of reference refer to like embodiment in many and various forms all arts in all views. coming within the scope of the invention.

5 Although it is conceded that the smaller the Many of the features utilized are also shown 5 hole used in a record, the stronger and more in my pending application Ser. No. 32 L427, compact the record may be, it has been found filed December 7 1928, and in my German impractical. in both electrical and mechanical Patent No. 524,293, to which reference may machines, due to limits of interpreting means, be had.- v

to use records having holes smaller than those Turning now to the machine for sensing or 30 generally adopted. 7 In the present instance utilizing the record cards, in machine ac.- there has been devised a means of utilizing counting two such machines are usually emrecords having minute holes or perforations ployed,-viz, a sorter and a tabulator. Inwhich is free from the limitations of methods asmuch as sensing means may be utilized for heretofore used. one of these machines and simllar sensing 3 This type of record and means for inter- I means utilized in the other, I have shown the preting the same is adapted for use in consensing means as applied to a tabulator only. trol of a wide range of automatic and semi- It will, of course, be understood that the same automatic machines such as Jacquard looms, principle and similar sensing means could be accounting machines, etc. I have chosen by built fortranslating the record on the cards way of example to illustrate the intention for use in other machines of automatic or as used for controlling accounting masemiautomatic nature such as Jacquard chine, though this is not to be considered as looms. limiting the scope of the invention in any Known tabalator mechanism.-In this way. connection, attention is first invited to the Machine accounting has been effected for showing of certain mechanism taken from years by first producing a record card or the my application Ser. No. 324,427 which is the like having perforations punched therein, same as my German PatentNo. 5%,293 above such perforations being of sufficient size to referred to. Referring to Fig. 1 of the pres- 59 permit the passage of a pin or an electric ent specification, 53 represents the usual 00 trolled in such stops of a Powers tabulator, which stops are selected and raised by denominational fingers 54. Each finger 54 is carried by a respective slide 55, the several slides being spring pressed toward the right, and being conmovement and returned to normal ineffective left-hand position by a reciprocating universal bar 56. The slides 55 may be intercepted at various points in their travel by stops 57 being raised into on gagement with teeth 58 on the slides 55, elements 57 and 58 cooperating to stop the respective slides with their fingers 54 under the particular stops 53 determined by the data recorded on the record being sensed The stops 57 of which there is one for each slide 55, arecarried tures 61 of magnets 62 record card in a manner to be hereinafter described. The universal bar 56 is operable by a rock arm or arms 63 connected by a link or links 64 to operating means such as a cam 59 driven from the nism of the machine.

by respective armaoperable from the When all of the stop-operating fingers 54 have been movedto the record, they are frame 65 rock with a cam 67 ing mechanism of the machine, 54 are lifted, they raise the desired tabulator stops 53 to control the registering and recording mechanism of the tabulator head in a positions determined by all lifted by a universal ed by an arm 66 cooperating As fingers 7 well known manner.

Operating the magnets.The magnets 62 are energized by means'differing from the prior art and from my prior application, and such means will now be described. In the Powers tabulator as at present on the market, the cards are fed intermittently to a sensing position, then sensed, and then ejected. In the present case, the card is fed through the machine in a single continuouh movement and sensed in transit. The card feed rollers and'picker knife of the known mechanism are therefore driven in timed relation to the movement of the above described universal bar56 and slides 55, so as to bring the proper teeth 58 into cooperative relation with stops 57 at theinstant that the corresponding digital row of the card is in sensmg position.

The'card passage is indicated at 68 and is formed by two plates 69 and 70 which are preferably of Bakelite or similar insulattheir strips.

The plates 69 and 70 are cut away at the main operating mechadriven from the main operati s connected points 73 and 74 to permit the passage of insulating disks 75 between the points. These disks contact the record and are rotated by the operating mechanism, the several disks being secured to two shafts and taking the of the Powers machine. They space the elements 73 and 74 and prevent any possible cross-jump of the electrical discharge.

Each of the strips 72 is connected by a lead 76 to a respective secondary winding 77 (Fig. 5) of a coil 78, the other end of each winding 77 one side of a high resistance relay 80. The other side of each relay 80 is connected by a lead 81 to a respective one of the elements 82 of a connection box similar to that of my aforesaid application. Each of the strips 71 is connected'by a lead 83 to a respective element 84 of the connection box. Slidable connectors are shown at 85. I

It will now be understood that if a puncture of the record is brought between a pair of points 73 and 74 an electrical'discharge may pass thru such puncture and according to the set-up of the connectionbox will operate one or another of the high resistance relays 80.

A source of electric supply is shown at 86 and has its positive line 87 connected by leads .88 to one side of each of the magnets 62.

The negative line 89 is connected by leads 90 to the armatures 91 of relays 80. Each armature is provided at its free end with a contactor adapted to engage contacts 92 and 93 when the relay is energized. Contact 92 by a lead 94 toa respective magnet 62, so that when a relay 80 is energized its armature closes the circuit thru the corresponding magnet 62, and the latter instantly raises its stop 57. p

Self ee'rem't for reZay.-Tl1e contact 93 is connected to one side of the relay 80 by a lead 95, while a lead 96 connects the other side of the relay to the respective positive being connected by a lead 79 to ergized a circuit is closed from 88 thru' 96, the relay, lead 95, contact 93, armature 91 and lead 90 holding the relay operative even after the card has passed controlling v tion. In order that this circuit maybe broken toward the end of the cycle, I provide switch. 98 in theline 89which is opened by universal bar 56 at each operation 7 any armatures 91- which may have been moved to circuit closing position.

Spark coil eonineetions.-Thc primary winding 99 of spark coil 78 is connected at one end by a lead 100 to the positive line 87, and has its other end connected by a lead 101 to the armature 102 of a magnet 103.

When the magnet 103 is de-energized its armature 102 brings a contactor 104 into engagement with a vibrator 105. The vibrator 105 is formed with a lug 106 which rides on posh.

the periphery of a disk 107 insulated from the rest of the machine and driven from the main operating mechanism of the machine. lvlember 105 is also formed with a finger 108 cooperatively related to a contact 109 connected by a lead 110 to the negative line 89. The disk 107 is formed with a plurality of lugs or teeth 111 adapted to-contact lug 106 and vibrate member .105 so as to break the contact at 108409, thereby effecting interruption of the circuit thru primary 99. This is necessary to effect electrical discharges.

Rendering spark coil ineffective It is desirable to throw the coil 78 out of action when no card is being fed between points 73 and 74:, and for this purpose I provide two more strips 72 (indicated as 7 2A), than there are strips 71, and located at op posite ends of the plate 7 0. Cooperating with these extra strips 72A are spring contactors 112 which contact the extra strips 72A when no record is between plates 69 and 70. When a record is fed between the plates the contactors 112 are raised to ineffective position by the edges-of the record. One of the contactors 112 is connected by a lead 113 to one side of the magnet 103, the other side of the magnet being connected to the return by a lead 11 1. The corresponding extra slip 72A is connected by a lead 115 to the positive line 87. Whenever no record is in cooperative relation to points 7 3 and 74 the contactors 112 are down and the circuit is closed thru magnet 103 which raises its armature thereby breaking the circuit thru the interrupter and rendering the coil ineffective. Two contactors 112 are used so as to prevent twisting or jamming of the record, altho only one is effective as to magnet 10?).

It will be understood that the power of the coils in the tabulator is such that a discharge may occur only when a puncture is in registry with discharge points.

It will also be understood that the record utilized has insulating qualities which will offer resistance to the passage of a discharge of sufficient power to operate the relay 80.

It will now be seen that I propose an entirely new system of utilizing records differing radically from any suggestions of the prior art; also that I have produced a new and desirable form of record as well as means for utilizing the same.

I claim:

1. In a record chine, an analyzer controlled accounting mafor minutely punctured records comprising a record-analyzing chamber, a plurality of discharge points at one side of said chamber and including a discharge point for each column of the record, a plurality of discharge points arranged at the opposite side of said chamber and including a discharge point for each of the first said discharge points and arranged opposite thereto and constantly separated therefrom, and means for effecting jumping of electric current between respective pairs of discharge points through the minute punctures in the records for analyzing the records.

'2. In a record controlled accounting machine, in combination records having minute perforations differentially positioned in a plurality of columns, electric discharge analyzing means therefor, and translating means actuated by said electric discharges for controlling the machine.

3. In a record controlled accounting machine, analyzing means for sensing the record and thus controlling the operation of the machine, including in combination means for sensing an electric discharge only, thru posi+ tioned punctures in said record, and means controlled by the discharges for translating them into controlling impulses.

1. In an accounting machine for handling statistical data arranged in a plurality of columns on a record card, means for analyz-' ing said card comprising mechanism for pass ing an electric discharge only, thru differentially positioned minute perforations therein, and means for utilizing such discharges for controlling the machine.

5. In a card controlled accounting machine, means for sensing the card and controlling machine operation, comprising means for effecting electrical discharges thru perforations so small as to prevent the ready passage therethru of a material sensing element, and means controlled by said discharges for translating them into controlling impulses.

6. In a record controlled computing machine, means for controlling machine operation by analyzing and translating mechanism, comprising the combination of means for passing only electric discharges thru differentially positioned openings in said record, and relay means controlled by said discharges for controlling the computing means.

7. In a record controlled accounting machine, in combination with record feeding means, records having minute perforations differentially positioned in a plurality of columns, electric discharge analyzing means therefor, translating means electric discharges for controlling the machine, and an interrupter to control difierentially the creation of in timed relation to the record feeding means.

8. In an accounting machine for handling statistical data arranged in a plurality of columns on a recorl card, means for analyzing said card comprising mechanism for passing an electric discharge only, thru differentially ositioned minute perforations in a plurality of said columns, and means for utilizing such discharges for controlling the machine.

9. In a record controlled accounting maactuated by said 1 the electric discharge I chine, in combination records having minute 10. In a record controlled accounting map'erforations differentially positioned in a chine, in combination records having minute plurality of columns, electric discharge anaperforations differentially positioned in a. lyzing means therefor including discharge plurality of columns, electric discharge ana- 5 points, means connected to said discharge lyzing means therefor including a plurality 7 points for supplying thereto a current of sufof denominational discharge elements, and ficient electrial tension to bridge the gap betranslating means actuated by said electric tween tWo of said points spaced apart by a discharges from one or more of said disrecord, and translating means actuated by charge elements for controllingthemachine.

10 said electric discharges for controlling the In testimony WhereofI afliX my, signature. 75

7 machine. ROBERT E. PARIS.

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